As Chairperson of the ASIS Toronto Best Practices Committee, our VP Operations, Jason Caissie, would like to invite all Toronto-area ASIS professionals to the annual Best Practices Seminar, at the One King West Hotel in downtown Toronto on April 17, 2019. This is always the chapter’s biggest education event of the year, and it’s a… Read more »
Part II: Assessing the exterior physical environment In Part I of this series, we addressed the importance of putting a threat assessment team in place to ensure that workplace violence is minimized. Today we’re going to review one of the key factors in managing the risk of workplace violence: The physical environment. Of course every… Read more »
People are your biggest investment. How do you ensure you’re getting the right ones? It’s sounds like a cliché, but it’s true: People are your biggest, and often most important, investment. Hiring the right people can transform your business and your bottom line – and hiring the wrong person can end up costing… Read more »
Most organizations haven’t asked themselves the right questions Because we’re known as experts in corporate investigations and security systems, we’re often asked for help with our clients’ risk management strategies, implementation and follow-up. The problem is that we’re often asked for help once a breach has occurred and the organization has been taken by surprise,… Read more »
Choosing a local partner can mean better results The past few years have seen a trend towards big companies who provide employment/background screening and corporate investigations on a national level, and on the surface this can make sense: If you’re a company with multiple locations across Canada, partnering with a single supplier means a… Read more »
It’s a tough talent market. With unemployment numbers hovering around 5%, the talent market in Canada continues to be tight. Even tighter in some industries, locations and roles. So recruiters are looking for new and better ways to find the people they need. And it’s a new year, which always means predictions and plans for… Read more »
Whether or not they’re using company computers may be irrelevant. You’ve heard cybersecurity experts, corporate investigators and HR managers say it a million times: The biggest threat to corporate security are employees who haven’t been properly trained and/or don’t understand the risks. And that’s true. However, while many companies focus on the obvious types of… Read more »
Thank you for a great 2018! We wanted to just take a minute to thank you for your business over the past year. 2018 has been our best year to date – and it’s all because of our clients, suppliers and employees. We appreciate your business and look forward to our continued partnership in… Read more »
Don’t approach screening as a binary proposition People often refer to pre-employment and background screening as providing a ‘snapshot’ of a potential employee, and to a certain extent that’s true. A person’s work history and the references they provide can certainly give you more information than you might get in a formal interview setting.… Read more »
You might be surprised what background checks can tell you For many businesses, ‘background checks’ mean a quick check of potential employees’ references, just to get a second opinion and maybe confirm they’ve held the positions they say they’ve held. But background checks can be far more extensive than that. As we’ve discussed before, a single,… Read more »
by Tanya Vesters, Manager, Screening Services When employers tell job-seekers that they’ll be requiring a ‘background check’, one may believe that this is just to make sure they do not have a criminal record. However, ‘background check’ can have multiple meanings and include a myriad of various searches. What is a ‘background check’? A ‘background… Read more »
NAPBS members granted exemption to the The Police Records Checks Reform Act 2015 Update for our clients As you know, on December 1, 2015, the Ontario government passed Bill 113, The Police Record Checks Reform Act 2015. This was designed to limit the types of information that can be released by police record checks… Read more »
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